Magee v. Flores et al
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ORDER Denying Plaintiff's Motion For A Stay (ECF No. 36 ), signed by Magistrate Judge Michael J. Seng on 3/25/2013. (Fahrney, E)
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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
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EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
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RUCHELL CINQUE MAGEE,
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Plaintiff,
1:11-cv-1239-AWI-MJS (PC)
ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION
FOR A STAY
v.
(ECF No. 36)
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PETER FLORES, et al.,
Defendants.
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Plaintiff Ruchell Cinque Magee (“Plaintiff”) is a state prisoner who, proceeding pro
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se and in forma pauperis, initiated this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 on
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April 20, 2011. (ECF No. 1.) The Court screened Plaintiff’s Complaint and dismissed it,
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with leave to amend, for failure to state a claim. (ECF No. 25.) Plaintiff failed to file an
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amended complaint within the time allowed, and the Court dismissed his action for failure
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to state a claim and obey a court order. (ECF Nos. 28 & 32.) Plaintiff appealed the Court’s
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judgment and his appeal was dismissed. (ECF Nos. 34, 35, 38.)
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On November 26, 2012, Plaintiff filed a document entitled “Motion for a Stay
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Pending U.S. House Judiciary Committee Action.” (ECF No. 36.) Plaintiff’s motion is
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relatively incoherent, but is now before the Court.
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The United States Supreme Court has clearly indicated that “the power to stay
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proceedings is incidental to the power inherent in every court to control the disposition of
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the causes on its docket with economy of time and effort for itself, for counsel, and for
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litigants. How this can best be done calls for the exercise of judgment, which must weigh
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competing interests and maintain an even balance.” Landis v. North America Co., 299
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U.S. 248, 254-55 (1936). In this regard, “the proponent of the stay bears the burden of
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establishing its need.” Clinton v. Jones, 520 U.S. 681, 706 (1997).
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Even if there remained a pending action which could be stayed, Plaintiff’s motion
identifies no comprehensible justification for such a stay.
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Accordingly, it is hereby ORDERED that Plaintiff’s motion to stay the proceedings
be DENIED.
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IT IS SO ORDERED.
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Dated:
il0i0d
March 25, 2013
Michael J. Seng
/s/
UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE
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